Light blue boards, black lettering, Book club edition. Ex library with typical labels and stamps, spine a bit cocked with tape reinforcement, a little edge wear and rubbing. A solid reading copy. ; Nero Wolfe; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾" Tall; 182 pages;

"'Black and white marriages are like a red rag to a bull.' So says Negro civil rights worker Dunbar Whipple. But he never makes the altar - somebody permanently delays his white fiancee with a club, and Whipple is arrested. Enter Nero Wolfe.
"Between them, Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin interview a colorful clutch of suspects: and draw a blank. Wolfe goes into a brown study while Archie keeps up the hue and cry. Then the murderer strikes again, but Wolfe comes up with a piece of deduction that puts his police rivals in the shade and leaves them green with envy! "